Well, one can only hope this gives Heather a chance to explain why she did what she did. Also that she can actually apologize to Selkie. I’m sure Selkie will understand once Heather explains how Amanda treated her after being adopted (Which should be a happy prospect.) and how she felt like she needed to redeem herself in the eyes of her friends. She was desperate for their approval and though she was wrong and misguided, I believe Selkie will understand once she explains to Heather that Amanda isn’t the type of person you want to seek approval from.

Then again, Amanda has her own share or troubles and insecurities as well…

I meant this would hopefully, eventually lead to Selkie lashing out over the events that happened to her and Heather would be able to explain her actions. Not that just the ball being kicked at Heather would somehow make Heather explain herself.

As far as I remember, all Keisha said was that she wasn’t Heather’s friend anymore because she was adopted and Selkie called her stupid and a bad friend. Selkie probably doesn’t fully understand what took place.

She needs to hear it from Heather. Everyone saw how horrified Heather was about being ‘sent back’ and Selkie would surely understand if Heather explains why she did what she did. Besides, Selkie has been bullied before, she’ll probably begrudgingly sympathize with Heather because she also ended up being bullied by Amanda. Although Selkie will probably remind her that bullying doesn’t feel good and further bullying another child to get rid of your own bullying doesn’t help.

Children who bully often go along with the main antagonist or antagonistic group so they themselves won’t end up bullied. Is it right? No. Is it the child’s fault that they’re afraid of being bullied themselves and see no other real option? No. Especially when teacher’s tend to turn a blind eye to serious cases of harassment. Harmless teasing is one thing and kids need to learn to grow a little backbone and not be so damned sensitive about basically nothing, but serious cases of torment need not be taken lightly. Sometimes the kids are just too afraid to talk about it though.

As someone who was bullied in school, I’m pretty sure that Selkie won’t give two craps for why Heather bullied her, and the pathetic excuse of “I only did it so she wouldn’t pick on *me*” won’t carry any weight at all.

“Oh, YOU didn’t want to get picked on, so you thought it would be better to let ME suffer rather than standing up for yourself and calling her a jerk? Color me entirely NOT sympathetic.”

For Selkie this is the best possible therapy, I think. Gives her a way to work the anger out of her system. And I think Heather having real challenge at being a goalie is just good for her sports skills. 😀